Sunday, February 9, 2014

Catching up

I finally finished the long cowl - or should I say one of the long cowls.

This is for my daughter-in-law, Kate. It's 70.5 inches long. The next one will be in a darker gray and slightly different yarn.

For those of you with cats, you can relate. I tried to take a photo without little Pixel but she insisted on assisting. This is the braid for the block of the month called Cathy's Carousel hosted by Pam at Mad About Patchwork. I had finished the braid before but I finally decided what fabric to border it with.

This is the second installment of the BOM. As you can see, half of it still has the paper attached to the back. It's the first paper pieced block. The next one is much bigger.

I'm linking up with What a Hoot Quilts. Pop on over to see how other people are getting along with their blocks of the month.

17 comments:

  1. Lovely colours in your block and braid, and the cowl, a super length to wrap round 3 times if it is really cold, that subtle pale shade is lovely. Cheers from Jean

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  2. This is definitely the winter for a pretty cowl. The braid and the star are beautiful.

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  3. I like the colors in the braid and yes, I can relate. If you wanted Pixel in the picture, you wouldn't get it. The star looks neat. Those cowl scarves are showing up everywhere; your daughter in law will love it.

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  4. I love when cats insist..... they can make for so many cute photo ops....

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  5. I love that paper pieced star block -- it's very effective with that little key line inside the edge. Great colours too! :D

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  6. This braid table runner is so cute, I'm making one right now. Loving your knitted project too!

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  7. The star is gorgeous especially with those wonderful fabrics.

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  8. Cats are extremely helpful at all times:)

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  9. Thank you for the visiting in my blog and joining as a follower! I hope you have found the Google translator in the right side, so you can read, not only look the pictures :D I have a little connection to Canada: my family have had very nice Canadian girl as an exchange student six years ago, and my daughter has been in Canada also as an exchanege student four years ago! Your star block, it's very beautiful!

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  10. Wonderful cowl ! Great braid and a neat block , love that star ! Aren't you lucky to have a furry helper :-)

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  11. Love the colours you are using it will be a stunning quilt when it is finished.

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  12. The colours you're using for your quilt are great, but I have to say I really (!) like your paperweight!!

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  13. Hi! I really like your fabrics for these. I did a braid quilt top back in November and found it to be a rather entertaining process. Pretty results.

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  14. Ooh the cowl is superb~ Love the star, another complicated piece!

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  15. Bravo for the long cowl - I love the braided band. First I thought it was knitted, too.

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  16. The cowl looks lovely, a natural grey. Your blocks are pretty, I must try a braid sometime.

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  17. Yummy star! What BOM are you working on?

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